Table 5.
Effect of Vitamin D supplementation on hemoglobin and Vitamin D serum levels
Duration of therapy | Number of women (n=25) | P from baseline (repeated measures analysis of variance) | |
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Mean value | SD | ||
Hemoglobin (g/dl) (weeks) | |||
Baseline | 10.65 | 1.52 | |
8 | 10.65 | 1.39 | 1.00 (NS) |
16 | 10.52 | 1.29 | 1.00 (NS) |
P (8-16) (repeated measures analysis of variance) | 1.00 (NS) | ||
Vitamin D3 levels (ng/di) (weeks), mean value (ng/ml) | |||
Baseline | 17.44 | 5.82 | |
16 | 39.38 | 8.22 | <0.001 |
SD: Standard deviation, NS: Not significant